The Press., 1887-02-17
Volume ls. Number 48.
A NEWSPAPER ssBEAT.o

stOne of the best beats \ ever heard of. said an old newspaper man, "was one which myself was fortunate enough to secure for paper was editing and man aging at the time in Gunnison, Oolarado. The sheriff and his deputy had gone out in pursuit of some cattle thieves, and mad followed them into the Indian reservation. We were within comparatively short dls- tance of the boundary line. After few days the report came back that the two officers had encountered the thieves and had been killed. The community was inn mediately thrown into. 8 condition of red hot indignation. A party of 15O was or ganlzed at once to lynch the cattle thieves, and avenge the murder of the sheriff. The details of the organization and the starting out printed in full in our paper, and arranged for bonasfide messages from the party for the first fifteen miles of their progress. There was rival paper in the town, and up to this point we were rum ming pretty even. For the next few days we printed purely imaginary accounts Of the expedition. knew the route the par- ty was following, and was able to throw in good deal of local ooloring. At the end of the fourth day, as was going to my house, which stood about quarter of a mile from the town, for my supper, my reflections as to where was going to get my next days story from was suddenly in- terrupted by the appearance of solitary horsemsn coming along at breakneck pace. When he came within a hundred yards of me recognized the sheriff He pulled up on seeing me. told him at once that he must not go home to his wife until I had seen her, as she believed him dead. He saw the force of my remark. He took his supper with me, | went over and broke the joyful news to his wife, and then induced him to, stay at my house all night. I got his whole story and printed just as much as all my printers could set up. Did you ever hear of such scoop? When the two papers came out the next morning it was just the luck of the opposition sheet to make & point of the statement that the rescuing party were in great hopes of securing the sheriff's body. At g o'clock the sheriff stepped out If my house and walked through Gunnison. It was the making of my paper.
 Little Alice Lee was playing with her doll, while her mother was writing. When ner mother had finished the writing, she told Alice she could come and sit ill her lap, and Alice said
 ''I'm so glad j; I wanted to love you so AAuASA1e n4@4A&A44oAS
 "Did you, darling2, 2,' and she clasred her tenderly. ''I am very glad my Alice loves me so; but ! fancy you were not very lonely while wrote; you and dolly seemed to be having happy time togeth- er.' 4,
 "Yes, we had, mamma but I got tired after & while of loving her."
 "And why ?"
 "Oh, because she never loves me back P
 ''And that isfiWhy you love me?"
 ''That is ons why, mamma bat not the first one, nor Ahe best"
 "And what s the first and best @
 Why, manaIaa, don't you guess ?''-hnd the blue eyes grew very bright and earn est. "It's bepause you loved me when was too little to love you back that's why loved you so. 'F 4
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